We have also sent a Q&A out to a sim racing site. They'll be posting it whenever they are ready in both English and Spanish. I'll link it when I can.

Thanks,

Tim.

10-25-11, 10:52 AM

Nuno Lourenšo

That's what we have been waiting... Nice effect :)

Waiting for next one....

10-25-11, 11:15 AM

MarcG

as said on FB thats Genius, having really only ever raced in rF and iRacing seeing that glare is great for me! Great job ISI.

Just one dumbass question, what track is that?

10-25-11, 11:18 AM

Tim Wheatley

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcG

as said on FB thats Genius, having really only ever raced in rF and iRacing seeing that glare is great for me! Great job ISI.

Just one dumbass question, what track is that?

It's Mills.

10-25-11, 11:20 AM

MarcG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Wheatley

It's Mills.

oohh that has been done up nicely then :D thanks

10-25-11, 11:24 AM

MaD_King

Thanks ! I love :)

10-25-11, 11:29 AM

shum94

Outstanding, wonderful. Finally one screen that enthusiast me :cool:

10-25-11, 11:31 AM

Tim Wheatley

Quote:

Originally Posted by shum94

Outstanding, wonderful. Finally one screen that enthusiast me :cool:

But, it isn't Friday... Are you OK? ;)

10-25-11, 11:40 AM

Noel Hibbard

Quote:

Originally Posted by tim wheatley

but, it isn't friday... Are you ok? ;)

hahahaha!!

10-25-11, 11:49 AM

F1 2004

Looks great :)

10-25-11, 11:49 AM

Pandamasque

That looks right :)

10-25-11, 11:54 AM

Tim Wheatley

Quote:

Originally Posted by DmitryRUS

Tim, and the shadows will be in the cabin relative to the position of the sun? shadow of the window opening, steering, the pilot's head ...

Yep. Very dark dashboard when you see the sun low ahead of the car where no light can get the dashboard. Internal shadows shift as you drive, and they'll shift as the sun moves or gets obstructed in conjunction with that.

10-25-11, 12:16 PM

Hutch-SCO

What happens if i'm using my tinted visor :cool:

10-25-11, 12:32 PM

Martin Keets

Nice :cool:

10-25-11, 12:39 PM

K Szczech

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Wheatley

But, it isn't Friday... Are you OK? :D

Lol :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Wheatley

Very dark dashboard when you see the sun low ahead of the car where no light can get the dashboard.

In other words, something like the first shot here: LINK.
Except that in rF there are no shadows in cockpit and that's really missing now with new shaders. Fortunately there will be no such problem in rF2 - I've seen it in the "Grand Prix" video, that shadows properly block directional and specular light and that's good news. Old shadows from rFactor only darkened some portion of the screen.

By the way - mirror again :)
Looks more less like in rFactor when someone forgot to set mirror material as diffuse=0, specular=0, ambient=0, emissive=255.

Or maybe picture mirror gets HDR postprocessing twice instead of just once? (like darkened twice because camera is facing the sun - first ehwn rendering mirror image, and then along with everything on the screen).

If you eliminate specular reflections, then surfaces with the same allignment to sun position should have identical brightness in mirror and in front of us - for example asphalt and pitwall.

By the way, nice to see a picture without "slightly overdone" HDR - it looks good in terms of contrast and lighting (although I know it was not the point of this picture - just the sun glare) :)

10-25-11, 01:24 PM

mclaren777

Thing #1: Thank you for sharing this and I really look forward to the Q&A.

Thing #2: This new screenshot is really impressive and I like the way HDR looks now.

Thing #3: I still have some concerns about the odd lighting/contrast on the gloves.

10-25-11, 01:40 PM

racechicken

looks great :) including volumetric shadows? or is it just a random effect?